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The Greens Farms School is a historic school building at Morningside Drive South and Boston Post Road in the
Greens Farms Green's Farms is the oldest neighborhood in the town of Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It was listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census. Geography Boundary The boundaries of the neighborhood, like ...
neighborhood of Westport, Connecticut. It was built in 1925 and received an addition in 1950. It was designed by architect
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in a Tudor Revival style, and is a fine example of such style. It is the only Tudor Revival school building in Westport. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1991. Its interior includes a Works Project Administration art project from c. 1935. It is located on the
Boston Post Road The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts that evolved into one of the first major highways in the United States. The three major alignments were the Lower Post Road (now U.S. Ro ...
. Due to declining enrollment the school closed in June 1983, after which it was leased by the Westport Arts Center. and In 1996 with increasing enrollment school officials in Westport began looking at options including reopening the Greens Farms School and brought in a consultant in the process. The Westport Arts Center representatives recommended that they stay in the building as the educational needs of Westport's student could be better realized in a new building. Westport school officials responded that a new building would cost the town $4.5 million more than using the building. In the end the decision was made that ''reclaiming'' the building was the "cheaper" course of action. The Westport Arts Center left the building and moved to a location next to the Saugatuck River. In 1997, faced with rising pupil enrollments, the town reclaimed the school for use as an elementary school again. The school had to be renovated and expanded, which cost the town $16 million."Westport, Connecticut" by Woody Klein, published by Greenwood Press in 2000, page 345 The school is now known as Greens Farms Elementary School.


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Greens Farms Elementary School
{{National Register of Historic Places School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut School buildings completed in 1925 Schools in Fairfield County, Connecticut Buildings and structures in Westport, Connecticut Public elementary schools in Connecticut 1925 establishments in Connecticut